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Type 22 pillbox with Y-shape internal blast wall. No external blast wall, but protected by natural bank close by. Brick shuttering.
(Source: Field Visit 1996/08/26)
Hexagonal structure plotted from OS 1:2500 sheet.
(Source: Map 1973)
Brick-shuttered type 22 pillbox set into bank above waterway. Faces S. Partly overgrown. No access.
(Source: Field Visit 2003/02/05)
Pillbox. Ref. 37.
(Source: Document 1940/12)
Type of site | PILLBOX (TYPE FW3/22) |
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Location | At Whaddon Grove Farm, on the N bank of a small stream off the Semington Brook. |
Area |
Semington, Wiltshire, England |
Grid reference |
ST 88416 61548
(Scale: 1:2500
, 1973)
|
Period | WW2 |
Condition | Good |
Materials | Clay Brick, Reinforced Concrete |
Threats |
Type: Plant growth (Long Term) Detail: The pillbox is partly overgrown. |
Recorder | Harvey, Gerald |
Defence grouping |
GHQ Line: Blue - Section of GHQ Stop Line running from near Melksham to Reading. |
Attached Sheets | (2) - site location map and sheet of photographs. |
Photographs | (2) - exterior views (attached to sheet). |
Adjacent sites | Part of a strongly defended area, with at least 5 pillboxes and 2 sets of anti-tank obstacles in an area 500 yards square. |
DOB site reference: | S0000201 |
Reference |
1985 Pillboxes: A Study of UK Defences 1940/12 [copy of map of 4th Bn. Wiltshire Home Guard showing defence positions on the Kennet & Avon Canal] |
Event |
Construction, In the period 1940 1941 Field Visit, On 1996/08/26 Field Visit, On 2003/02/05 |